Tag Archives: group think

US jobs – spinning the data

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

There was quite some buoyancy in the commentary on the US economy last week. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released it’s monthly jobs data. Because the Federal Reserve has said it is more focused on employment than inflation, … Continue reading →

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Australian entitlement is in for a great shock

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

David Llewellyn-Smith is on a roll. The ABC picked up his great article from Macro Business and put on The Drum at the weekend, summarised thus: “Australia’s business environment is unsustainable, and propping up dying companies like Qantas rather than … Continue reading →

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Australia’s mining boom … opportunity missed

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

That Australia has seen an epic boom in mining over the last 10 years is undisputed. Notwithstanding the uncertainties hanging around in the world economy, big export earnings from mining look set to continue. What have we got to show … Continue reading →

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Inequality … the Pope weighs in …

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

The referendum in Switzerland I wrote about last week went down 65% to 35%. The Swiss decided that top salaries in a corporation should NOT be limited to 12 times bottom salaries. It probably failed because of the overreach of … Continue reading →

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Swiss fat cats

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

I have commented before about the interesting democratic process in Switzerland. If 100,000 people get activated about a single issue they can petition for a country wide referendum. This is a way better concept that having politicians argue over ridiculous … Continue reading →

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The climate debate

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Geoff O'Reilly

You can look forward to a few posts from me on this debate … so let’s get started … This from the Guardian on November 5th … Carbon taxes and emissions trading systems are the most cost-effective way to reduce … Continue reading →

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